[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2242-S2243]
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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 Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Heller, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 2250. A bill to prevent homeowners from being forced to 
     pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2251. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska, as the Robert 
     Boochever United States Courthouse; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2252. A bill to rebuild the American middle class by 
     creating jobs, investing in our future, building opportunity 
     for working families, and restoring balance to the tax code; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 2253. A bill to require individuals who file under the 
     Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to disclose any financial 
     accounts that are or have been deposited in a country that is 
     a tax haven; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 2254. A bill to direct the Attorney General to establish 
     uniform standards for the exchange of controlled substance 
     and prescription information for the purpose of preventing 
     diversion, fraud, and abuse of controlled substances and 
     other prescription drugs; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 2255. A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 36, United 
     States Code, to add Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day as a 
     patriotic and National observance; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2256. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide grants for community-based mental health 
     infrastructure improvement; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 2257. A bill to increase access to community behavioral 
     health services for all Americans and to improve Medicaid 
     reimbursement for community behavioral health services; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. 
             Corker):
       S. 2258. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the rule providing 5-year amortization of 
     expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music 
     copyrights; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
             Begich, Mr. Webb, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Brown of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Moran, Mr. Wicker, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Brown of Ohio, and 
             Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2259. A bill to provide for an increase, effective 
     December 1, 2012, in the rates of compensation for veterans 
     with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
     dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
     certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2260. A bill to allow taxpayers the opportunity to 
     specify their choice of Federal budget priorities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. 
             Baucus):
       S. 2261. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
     Act of 2008 to establish a revenue loss assistance program, 
     repeal the direct payment and ACRE programs, extend commodity 
     programs through 2017, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Begich):
       S. 2262. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention 
     and services program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Brown of Ohio):
       S. 2263. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     establish the National Program for Arts and Technology Act as 
     a Federal program; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Johanns):
       S. 2264. A bill to provide liability protection for claims 
     based on the design, manufacture, sale, offer for sale, 
     introduction into commerce, or use of certain fuels and fuel 
     additives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 2265. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a 
     colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR:
       S. 2266. A bill to improve sharing of immigration 
     information among Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
     officials, to improve State and local enforcement of 
     immigration laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 2267. A bill to reauthorize the Hudson Valley National 
     Heritage Area; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 2268. A bill to ensure that all items offered for sale 
     in any gift shop of the National Park Service or of the 
     National Archives and Records Administration are produced in 
     the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 2269. A bill to permit voluntary economic activity; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Franken, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 2270. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to improve energy programs; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 2271. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the time for making S corporation elections, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2272. A bill to designate a mountain in the State of 
     Alaska as Mount Denali; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2273. A bill to designate the Talkeetna Ranger Station 
     in Talkeetna, Alaska, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger 
     Station; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
             Conrad):

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       S. 2274. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     establish a nonprofit corporation to be known as the 
     Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 2275. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 to establish a grant program within the rural broadband 
     program of the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Coburn, 
             and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 2276. A bill to permit Federal officers to remove cases 
     involving crimes of violence to Federal court; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 2277. A bill to respond to the extreme fire hazard and 
     unsafe conditions resulting from pine beetle infestation, 
     drought, disease, or storm damage by declaring a state of 
     emergency and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in 
     the manner provided in title I of the Healthy Forests 
     Restoration Act of 2003, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2278. A bill to provide for an exemption for community 
     banks to certain escrow requirements under the Truth in 
     Lending Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 2279. A bill to amend the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime 
     Memorial Act of 1986 to provide additional protection for the 
     R.M.S. Titanic and its wreck site, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 2280. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain creditors to 
     obtain certifications from institutions of higher education, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 2281. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to strengthen the ability of the Food and Drug 
     Administration to seek advice from external experts regarding 
     rare diseases, the burden of rare diseases, and the unmet 
     medical needs of individuals with rare diseases; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Vitter, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, 
             and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2282. A bill to extend the authorization of 
     appropriations to carry out approved wetlands conservation 
     projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act 
     through fiscal year 2017; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 2283. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for 
     requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency 
     declaration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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