[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16843]
[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 Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1394. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to acknowledge the receipt of medical, disability, and 
     pension claims and other communications submitted by 
     claimants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAPO:
       S. 1395. A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
     of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in 
     sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear 
     was determined to be a threatened species under the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1396. A bill to direct the Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development to carry out a 
     pilot program to promote the production and use of fuel-
     efficient stoves engineered to produce significantly less 
     black carbon than traditional stoves, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1397. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for 
     electronic device recycling research, development, and 
     demonstration projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1398. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
     Act of 2008 to increase the payment rate for certain payments 
     under the milk income loss contract program as an emergency 
     measure; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1399. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     establish a market for the trading of greenhouse gases, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.

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