[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 41 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1826-S1827]
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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. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. 
             Begich, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 604. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family 
     therapist services and mental health counselor services under 
     part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Hatch, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. Hagan, and 
             Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 605. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     place synthetic drugs in Schedule I; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Franken):
       S. 606. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to improve the priority review voucher incentive 
     program relating to tropical and rare pediatric diseases; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 607. A bill to designate certain land in the State of 
     Oregon as wilderness, to provide for the exchange of certain 
     Federal land and non-Federal land, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 608. A bill to provide limitations on maritime liens on 
     fishing licenses and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Johanns):
       S. 609. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     committee to assess the effects of certain Federal regulatory 
     mandates; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 610. A bill to provide for the conveyance of 
     approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National 
     Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of 
     the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 611. A bill to provide greater technical resources to 
     FCC Commissioners; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 612. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Confirmation 
     Act to require the Secretary of Energy to develop and 
     implement a strategic petroleum demand response plan to 
     reduce the consumption of petroleum products by the Federal 
     Government; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 613. A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act to permit a prevailing party in an action or 
     proceeding brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert 
     witness fees and certain other expenses; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 614. A bill to require the Attorney General to consult 
     with appropriate officials within the executive branch prior 
     to making the decision to try an unprivileged enemy 
     belligerent in Federal Court; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 615. A bill to improve the accountability and 
     transparency in infrastructure spending by requiring a life-
     cycle cost analysis of major infrastructure projects, 
     providing the flexibility to use alternate infrastructure 
     type bidding procedures to reduce project costs, and 
     requiring the use of design standards to improve efficiency 
     and save taxpayer dollars; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 616. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 in order to support the community 
     schools model; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 617. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to 
     take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western 
     Shoshone Indians of Nevada, and or other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. 
             Lieberman):
       S. 618. A bill to promote the strengthening of the private 
     sector in Egypt and Tunisia; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico:
       S. 619. A bill to assist in the coordination among science, 
     technology, engineering, and mathematics efforts in the 
     States, to strengthen the capacity of elementary schools, 
     middle schools, and secondary schools to prepare students in 
     science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 620. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     make grants to support fire safety education programs on 
     college campuses; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 621. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide for use of excess funds 
     available under that Act to provide for certain benefits, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 622. A bill to establish the Commission on Effective 
     Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL:
       S. 623. A bill to amend chapter 111 of title 28, United 
     States Code, relating to protective orders, sealing of cases, 
     disclosures of discovery information in civil actions, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 624. A bill to authorize the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development to transform neighborhoods of extreme 
     poverty into

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     sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to 
     economic opportunities, by revitalizing severely distressed 
     housing, and investing and leveraging investments in well-
     functioning services, educational opportunities, public 
     assets, public transportation, and improved access to jobs; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 625. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     incorporate regional transportation planning organizations 
     into statewide transportation planning, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Cochran, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Landrieu, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 626. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the shipping investment withdrawal rules in section 
     955 and to provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping 
     earnings in the United States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Mr. Tester):
       S. 627. A bill to establish the Commission on Freedom of 
     Information Act Processing Delays; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 628. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey a railroad right of way between North Pole, Alaska, 
     and Delta Junction, Alaska, to the Alaska Railroad 
     Corporation; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 629. A bill to improve hydropower, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 630. A bill to promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable 
     energy research and development, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 631. A bill to extend certain Federal benefits and 
     income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower 
     resources; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. 
             Hagan, and Mr. Burr):
       S. 632. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized 
     period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Brown of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 633. A bill to prevent fraud in small business 
     contracting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Wyden, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 634. A bill to ensure that the courts of the United 
     States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by 
     United States citizens and others against any railroad 
     organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
     deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi 
     concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such 
     railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 635. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 
     Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and 
     Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 636. A bill to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami 
     and Flood Protection, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 637. A bill to establish a program to provide guarantees 
     for debt issued by or on behalf of State catastrophe 
     insurance programs to assist in the financial recovery from 
     earthquakes, earthquake-induced landslides, volcanic 
     eruptions, and tsunamis; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. McCain, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 638. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to provide for compensation to States incarcerating 
     undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more 
     misdemeanors; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. McCain, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 639. A bill to authorize to be appropriated $950,000,000 
     for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2015 to carry out 
     the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 640. A bill to underscore the importance of 
     international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power 
     reactors, encouraging the efforts of the Convention on 
     Nuclear Safety, supporting progress in improving nuclear 
     safety, and enhancing the public availability of nuclear 
     safety information; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Corker, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 641. A bill to provide 100,000,000 people with first-
     time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a 
     sustainable basis within six years by improving the capacity 
     of the United States Government to fully implement the 
     Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 642. A bill to permanently reauthorize the EB-5 Regional 
     Center Program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 643. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to direct Medicaid EHR incentive payments to federally 
     qualified health centers and rural health clinics; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Chambliss, 
             Mr. McCain, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Ensign, 
             Mr. Lee, and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 644. A bill to amend subchapter II of chapter 84 of 
     title 5, United States Code, to prohibit coverage for annuity 
     purposes for any individual hired as a Federal employee after 
     2012; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
             Brown of Ohio, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 645. A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act 
     of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 646. A bill to reauthorize Federal natural hazards 
     reduction programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 647. A bill to authorize the conveyance of mineral 
     rights by the Secretary of the Interior in the State of 
     Montana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 648. A bill to require the Commissioner of Social 
     Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for 
     determining disability in a person diagnosed with 
     Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period 
     for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by 
     Huntington's Disease; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 649. A bill to expand the research and awareness 
     activities of the National Institute of Arthritis and 
     Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma , and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. ENSIGN:
       S. 650. A bill to require greater transparency concerning 
     the criteria used to grant waivers to the job-killing health 
     care law and to ensure that applications for such waivers are 
     treated in a fair and consistent manner, irrespective of the 
     applicant's political contributions or association with a 
     labor union, a health plan provided for under a collective 
     bargaining agreement, or another organized labor group; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 651. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey the McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery to the State 
     of North Carolina, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Warner, 
             and Mr. Graham):
       S. 652. A bill to facilitate efficient investments and 
     financing of infrastructure projects and new job creation 
     through the establishment of an American Infrastructure 
     Financing Authority, to provide for an extension of the 
     exemption from the alternative minimum tax treatment for 
     certain tax-exempt bonds, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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