[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              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. JOHANNS (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Bond, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Kyl, 
             Mr. Bunning, Mr. Vitter, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Wicker, 
             Mr. Coburn, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. DeMint):
       S. 1223. A bill to require prior Congressional approval of 
     emergency funding resulting in Government ownership of 
     private entities; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Cardin, 
             and Mr. Webb):
       S. 1224. A bill to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 1225. A bill to require the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission to take certain actions to prevent the 
     manipulation of energy markets, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. 
             Specter):
       S. 1226. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to improve paperless enrollment and 
     efficiency for the national school lunch and school breakfast 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Bunning, 
             and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 1227. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to protect employer rights; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 1228. A bill to amend chapter 63 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to modify the rate of accrual of annual leave 
     for administrative law judges, contract appeals board 
     members, and immigration judges; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1229. A bill to reauthorize and improve the 
     entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Dodd, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Risch, Mr. Ensign, 
             Mr. Bunning, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 1230. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home 
     purchases; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 1231. A bill to create or adopt, and implement, rigorous 
     and voluntary American education content standards in 
     mathematics and science covering kindergarten through grade 
     12, to provide for the assessment of student proficiency 
     benchmarked against such standards, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. McCain, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Bingaman, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             Kohl, Mr. Levin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Casey, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Begich, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Specter, 
             Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 1232. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription 
     drugs, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1233. A bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and 
     STTR programs and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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