[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1676-S1677]
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. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 574. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals to designate that up to 10 percent of 
     their income tax liability be used to reduce the national 
     debt, and to require spending reductions equal to the amounts 
     so designated; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Corker, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lee, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
             Mr. Kyl, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 575. A bill to study the market and appropriate 
     regulatory structure for electronic debit card transactions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 576. 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 Mr. VITTER:
       S. 577. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify eligibility for the child tax credit; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Begich, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Kerry, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 578. A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act 
     to eliminate the abstinence-only education program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 579. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Defense to provide members of the 
     Individual Ready Reserve, Individual Mobilization Augmentees, 
     and inactive members of the National Guard who served in 
     Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent 
     suicide, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. 
             Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 580. A bill to amend the Environmental Research, 
     Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to 
     require the appointment of a member of the Science Advisory 
     Board based on the recommendation of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 581. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal background checks 
     for child care providers; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Begich, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 582. A bill to establish a point of order against any 
     efforts to reduce benefits paid to Social Security 
     recipients, raise the retirement age, or create private 
     retirement accounts under title II of the Social Security 
     Act; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. Inouye):

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       S. 583. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to permit direct payment under the Medicare program for 
     clinical social worker services provided to residents of 
     skilled nursing facilities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Begich, 
             and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 584. A bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment 
     Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues 
     associated with recruitment, retention, research, and 
     reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Coons, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 585. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     award grants for the support of full-service community 
     schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 586. A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower protections available to 
     certain executive branch employees to legislative branch 
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Sanders, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 587. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic fracturing, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 588. A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998, to authorize a national grant program for on-the-job 
     training; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 589. A bill to provide for an expedited response to 
     emergencies related to oil or gas production or storage; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) (by 
             request):
       S. 590. A bill to convey certain submerged lands to the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give 
     that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as 
     Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their 
     submerged lands; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 591. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit; to 
     the Committee on Finance.

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