[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5838]
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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. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
       S. 1586. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export 
     Assistance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 1587. A bill to enable States to opt out of the Medicaid 
     expansion-related provisions of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WEBB (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Johanns, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Tester, and 
             Mr. Cochran):
       S. 1588. A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear 
     arms at water resources development projects administered by 
     the Secretary of the Army, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 1589. A bill to extend the authorization for the Coastal 
     Heritage Trail in the State of New Jersey; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 1590. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to develop a new classification 
     system for small business size determinations and to 
     promulgate rules to eliminate the nonmanufacturer exception 
     to small business size determinations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Levin, 
             and Mr. Johanns):
       S. 1591. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and 
     heroic actions during the Holocaust; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1592. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency 
     loans; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1593. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to require State electronic benefit transfer contracts to 
     treat wireless program retail food stores in the same manner 
     as wired program retail food stores; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1594. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a 
     conservation program under which the Secretary shall make 
     payments to assist owners and operators of muck land to 
     conserve and improve the soil, water, and wildlife resources 
     of the land; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Ms. 
             Ayotte, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Coats, Mr. Inhofe, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Roberts, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Blunt, 
             Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 1595. A bill to prohibit funding for the United Nations 
     in the event the United Nations grants Palestine a change in 
     status from a permanent observer entity before a 
     comprehensive peace agreement has been reached with Israel; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1596. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1597. A bill to provide assistance for the 
     modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary school 
     and secondary school buildings in public school districts and 
     community colleges across the United States in order to 
     support the achievement of improved educational outcomes in 
     those schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 1598. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     prevent excessive speculation in commodity markets and 
     excessive speculative position limits on energy contracts, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.

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