[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 167 (Thursday, November 3, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S7127]
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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. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Johanns):
       S. 1795. A bill to require the Corps of Engineers to revise 
     the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water 
     Control Manual to ensure greater storage capacity to prevent 
     serious downstream flooding; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1796. A bill to make permanent the Internal Revenue 
     Service Free File program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1797. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     permit as part of certain highway projects the installation 
     of charging infrastructure for plug-in electric drive 
     vehicles; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Corker, 
             Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Nelson 
             of Florida, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. 
             Alexander):
       S. 1798. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that members 
     of the Armed Forces who may have been exposed to toxic 
     chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits while deployed 
     to Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such 
     exposure, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Begich, and 
             Mr. Pryor):
       S. 1799. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization 
     of veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 1800. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for 
     any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1801. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend certain provisions of the Creating Small Business 
     Jobs Act of 2010, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1802. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to carry out programs and activities that connect Americans, 
     especially children, youth, and families, with the outdoors; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 1803. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to limit Federal 
     regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which that dust is 
     regulated under State, tribal, or local law, to establish a 
     prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality 
     standard applicable to nuisance dust, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Levin, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1804. A bill to amend title IV of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of 
     certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHANNS:
       S. 1805. A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency from rejecting or otherwise 
     determining to be inadequate a State implementation plan in 
     any case in which the State submitting the plan has not been 
     given a reasonable time to develop and submit the plan in 
     accordance with a certain provision of the Clean Air Act; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Begich, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 1806. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as 
     contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1807. A bill to amend the Federal Nonnuclear Energy 
     Research and Development Act of 1974 to provide for the 
     prioritization, coordination, and streamlining of energy 
     research, development, and demonstration programs to meet 
     current and future energy needs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1808. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed 
     Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for 
     an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent 
     resident status, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 1809. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend the program for viral hepatitis 
     surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent 
     deaths from liver cancer, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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