[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17032-17033]
[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. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1408. 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. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1409. A bill to expedite the adjudication of employer 
     petitions for aliens with extraordinary artistic ability; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Brown)):
       S. 1410. A bill to establish expanded learning time 
     initiatives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Kerry, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Brown)):
       S. 1411. A bill to amend title V of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage and support 
     parent, family, and community involvement in schools, to 
     provide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports 
     to children, and to ensure that schools are centers of 
     communities, for the ultimate goal of assisting students to 
     stay in school, become successful learners, and improve 
     academic achievement; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 1412. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     clarify the treatment of purchases of certain commodity 
     futures contracts and financial instruments with respect to 
     limits established by the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission relating to excessive speculation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1413. A bill to amend the Adams National Historical Park 
     Act of 1998 to include the Quincy Homestead within the 
     boundary of the Adams National Historical Park, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 1414. A bill to confer upon the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render 
     final judgment on any legal or equitable claim against the 
     United States to receive just compensation for the taking of 
     certain lands in the State of Missouri, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. 
             Nelson of Nebraska):
       S. 1415. A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas 
     Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed 
     services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting 
     rights and have a genuine opportunity to register to vote and 
     have their absentee ballots cast and counted, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Gregg):
       S. 1416. A bill to require the redesignation of North Korea 
     as a state sponsor of terrorism, to impose sanctions with 
     respect to North Korea, to require reports on the status of 
     North Korea's nuclear weapons program and 
     counterproliferation efforts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       S. 1417. A bill to amend the Reclamation Projects 
     Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the 
     Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
     Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed 
     drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1418. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     carry out a study to determine the suitability and 
     feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the 
     National Park System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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