[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 174 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7451-S7452]
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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. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 1861. A bill to provide subsidized employment for 
     unemployed, low-income adults, provide summer employment and 
     year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and 
     carry out work-related and educational strategies and 
     activities of demonstrated effectiveness, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mrs. Hagan, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 1862. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of 
     sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public health 
     activities related to stillbirth; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Burr, and 
             Mr. Chambliss):
       S. 1863. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1864. A bill to extend the National Flood Insurance 
     Program until September 30, 2012; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Kerry, 
             and Mrs. Hagan):
       S. 1865. A bill to improve patient access to medical 
     innovation; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1866. A bill to provide incentives for economic growth, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       S. 1867. An original bill to authorize appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Armed Services; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Casey, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. 
             Hagan, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
       S. 1868. A bill to establish within the Smithsonian 
     Institution the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 1869. A bill to terminate the Economic Development 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN:
       S. 1870. A bill to authorize the Administrator of General 
     Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District 
     of Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National 
     Women's History Museum and direct the Administrator of 
     General Services to transfer administrative jurisdiction, 
     custody, and control of the building located at 600 
     Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in the District of Columbia, to the 
     National Gallery of Art, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. 
             Rubio):
       S. 1871. A bill to prohibit commodities and securities 
     trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, 
     to require additional reporting by Members and employees of 
     Congress of securities transactions, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 1872. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established 
     under State programs for the care of family members with 
     disabilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 1873. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend for 1 year the allowance for bonus depreciation and 
     the increased expensing limitations for depreciable business 
     assets; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Ms. 
             Snowe):
       S. 1874. A bill to require the timely identification of 
     qualified census tracts for purposes of the HUBZone program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1875. A bill to reauthorize the International Religious 
     Freedom Act of 1998; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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