[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 55 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2506-S2507]
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. BROWN of Ohio:
       S. 816. A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 
     volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and 
     underserved populations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PORTMAN:
       S. 817. A bill to provide for the inclusion of independent 
     regulatory agencies in the application of the Unfunded 
     Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 818. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation 
     services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient 
     hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility 
     services under Medicare; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 819. A bill to provide the spouses and children of 
     aliens who perished in the September 11 terrorist attacks an 
     opportunity to adjust their status to that of aliens lawfully 
     admitted for permanent residence; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SHELBY:
       S. 820. A bill to repeal the current Internal Revenue Code 
     and replace it with a flat tax, thereby guaranteeing economic 
     growth and greater fairness for all Americans; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Inouye, and 
             Mr. Sanders):
       S. 821. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by 
     permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and 
     lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
     resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and 
     lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud 
     in connection with permanent partnerships; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 822. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to require all wage withholding returns to be filed 
     electronically; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kerry, 
             and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 823. A bill to permit aliens who lawfully enter the 
     United States on valid visas as nonimmigrant elementary and 
     secondary school students to attend public schools in the 
     United States for longer than 1 year if such aliens reimburse 
     the local educational agency that administers the school for 
     the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education 
     at such school for the period of the alien's attendance; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio:
       S. 824. A bill to provide for enhanced mortgage-backed and 
     asset-backed security investor protections, to prevent 
     foreclosure fraud, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. COONS:
       S. 825. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend and modify the research tax credit, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 826. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     establish a program to provide loans and loan guarantees to 
     enable eligible public entities to acquire interests in real 
     property that are in compliance with habitat conservation 
     plans approved by the Secretary of the Interior under the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson of 
             Wisconsin, and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 827. A bill to allow a State to combine certain funds 
     and enter into a performance agreement with the Secretary of 
     Education to improve the academic achievement of students; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 828. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to establish the Office of Energy Efficiency and 
     Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating 
     Federal, State, and local assistance provided to promote the 
     energy retrofitting of schools; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Blunt, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Graham):
       S. 829. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy 
     caps; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 830. A bill to establish partnerships to create or 
     enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st 
     century careers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 831. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to provide for country of origin labeling for dairy 
     products; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 832. A bill to reauthorize certain port security 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Franken, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 833. A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that 
     all students in the middle grades are taught an academically 
     rigorous curriculum with effective supports so that students 
     complete the middle grades prepared for success in secondary 
     school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and 
     district policies and programs relating to the academic 
     achievement of students in the middle grades, to develop and 
     implement effective middle grades models for struggling 
     students, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 834. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     improve education and prevention related to campus sexual 
     violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 835. A bill to reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
     Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and 
     regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 836. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide special depreciation and amortization rules for 
     highway and related property subject to long-term leases, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 837. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     remove privatized highway miles as a factor in apportioning 
     highway funding; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Nelson of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Begich, and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 838. A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to 
     clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to 
     exempt those articles from a definition under that Act; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 839. A bill to ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 840. A bill to establish customs user fees for 
     commercial trucks transporting foreign municipal solid waste, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 841. A bill to provide cost-sharing assistance to 
     improve access to the markets of foreign countries for energy 
     efficiency products and renewable energy products exported by 
     small-and medium-sized businesses in the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 842. A bill to require reports by the Comptroller 
     General on Department of Defense military spouse employment 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

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           By Mr. BEGICH:
       S. 843. A bill to establish outer Continental Shelf lease 
     and permit processing coordination offices, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 844. A bill to provide incentives for States and local 
     educational agencies to implement comprehensive reforms and 
     innovative strategies that are designed to lead to 
     significant improvement in outcomes for all students and 
     significant reductions in achievement gaps among subgroups of 
     students, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 845. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the logical flow of return information between 
     partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals 
     to better enable each party to submit timely, accurate 
     returns and reduce the need for extended and amended returns, 
     to provide for modified due dates by regulation, and to 
     conform the automatic corporate extension period to 
     longstanding regulatory rule; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 846. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, 
     as the Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Franken):
       S. 847. A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to 
     ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood 
     and managed, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 848. A bill to provide for the development of reports 
     based on Medicare data, data that is publicly available, or 
     private data that is provided by a requesting entity in order 
     to improve the quality and efficiency of health care; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 849. A bill to establish the Waco Mammoth National 
     Monument in the State of Texas, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 850. A bill to provide for enhanced treatment, support, 
     services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum 
     disorders and their families; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Brown of Ohio, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 851. A bill to establish expanded learning time 
     initiatives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Kohl, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 852. A bill to improve the H-2A agricultural worker 
     program for use by dairy workers, sheepherders, and goat 
     herders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. HAGAN:
       S. 853. A bill to provide for financial literacy education; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 854. A bill to provide for programs and activities with 
     respect to the prevention of underage drinking; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 855. A bill to make available such funds as may be 
     necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, 
     including reserve components thereof, continue to receive pay 
     and allowances for active service performed when a funding 
     gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year 
     appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in 
     the furlough of non-emergency personnel and the curtailment 
     of Government activities and services; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 856. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act 
     to make available to the public aggregate data on providers 
     of services and suppliers under the Medicare program and to 
     allow qualified individuals and groups access to claims and 
     payment data under the Medicare program for purposes of 
     conducting health research and detecting fraud; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 857. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to aid gifted and talented learners, 
     including high-ability learners not formally identified as 
     gifted; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 858. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
     suitability and feasibility of designating the Colonel 
     Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio as a unit of the National 
     Park System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 859. A bill to prohibit sexual harassment by individuals 
     administering programs and activities receiving Federal 
     assistance; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 860. A bill to ensure that methodologies and 
     technologies used by the Bureau of Customs and Border 
     Protection to screen for and detect the presence of chemical, 
     nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal 
     solid waste are as effective as the methodologies and 
     technologies used by the Bureau to screen for those materials 
     in other items of commerce entering the United States through 
     commercial motor vehicle transport; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 861. A bill to restore the natural resources, 
     ecosystems, fisheries, marine habitats, and coastal wetland 
     of Gulf Coast States, to create jobs and revive the economic 
     health of communities adversely affected by the explosion on, 
     and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater 
     Horizon, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 862. A bill to provide for a comprehensive Gulf of 
     Mexico restoration plan, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 863. A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security 
     Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial 
     arrangements are not to be considered available resources 
     under the supplemental security income program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. 
             Coburn, Mr. Ensign, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Johnson of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Lee, Mr. Paul, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Toomey):
       S.J. Res. 11. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting 
     the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 
     in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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