[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 131 (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5386]
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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. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1516. A bill to establish a program under which the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
     provide grants to eligible State consortia to establish and 
     carry out municipal sustainability certification programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 1517. A bill to provide for the creation of jobs; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Kirk, and 
             Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1518. A bill to require a jobs score for each spending 
     bill considered in Congress; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 1519. A bill to strengthen Indian education, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Schumer, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1520. A bill to ensure the continued investigation of 
     terrorist attacks against the United States attributable to 
     the government of Muammar Qaddafi; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1521. A bill to provide assistance for agricultural 
     producers adversely affected by damaging weather and other 
     conditions relating to Hurricane Irene; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Begich, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, and Mr. Franken):
       S. 1522. A bill to establish a joint select committee of 
     Congress to report findings and propose legislation to 
     restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the 
     period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and to provide for 
     expedited consideration of such legislation by both the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate; to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S.J. Res. 26. A joint resolution expressing the sense of 
     Congress that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner no 
     longer holds the confidence of Congress or of the people of 
     the United States; read the first time.

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