[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15592]
[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. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 1286. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to allow children in foster care to be placed 
     with their parents in residential family treatment centers 
     that provide safe environments for treating addiction and 
     promoting healthy parenting; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. 
             Grassley):
       S. 1287. A bill to provide for the audit of financial 
     statements of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017 
     and fiscal years thereafter, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, 
             and Mr. Burris):
       S. 1288. A bill to authorize appropriations for grants to 
     the States participating in the Emergency Management 
     Assistance Compact, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. 
             Leahy):
       S. 1289. A bill to improve title 18 of the United States 
     Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1290. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the income tax deduction for dependent care to 
     include part-time students for purposes of calculating earned 
     income under the credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1291. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow employers a credit against income tax for the cost 
     of teleworking equipment and expenses; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Grassley, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 1292. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in 
     certain instances, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1293. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to improve automatic enrollment procedures 
     for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska:
       S. 1294. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2010, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. 
             Lincoln):
       S. 1295. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to cover transitional care services to improve the 
     quality and cost effectiveness of care under the Medicare 
     program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 1296. A bill to increase the number of non-dual status 
     technicians employable by the National Guards; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 1297. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from 
     annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at 
     dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of 
     such payments; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Byrd):
       S. 1298. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1299. A bill to protect health care workers and first 
     responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical 
     personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to 
     infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as 
     MRSA; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Dorgan, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 1300. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to clarify intent regarding the counting of residents in 
     a nonhospital setting under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Martinez, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Burris, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 1301. A bill to direct the Attorney General to make an 
     annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery 
     Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid 
     recovery of missing children, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 1302. A bill to provide for the introduction of pay-for-
     performance compensation mechanisms into contracts of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs with community-based 
     outpatient clinics for the provisions of health care 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1303. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to establish a women's medical home 
     demonstration project; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1304. A bill to restore the economic rights of 
     automobile dealers, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1305. A bill to prevent health care facility-acquired 
     infections; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.

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