[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19521]
[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 Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Martinez):
       S. 1521. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to require provider payments under Medicare and 
     Medicaid to be made through direct deposit or electronic 
     funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1522. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial 
     hospitalization services under the Medicare program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 1523. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a grant program to provide supportive services in 
     permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless 
     individuals and families, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Corker, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1524. A bill to strengthen the capacity, transparency, 
     and accountability of United States foreign assistance 
     programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges 
     of the 21st century, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Warner, 
             and Mr. Webb):
       S. 1525. A bill to amend the Act of May 29, 1930 (Chapter 
     354; 46 Stat. 482; commonly known as the Capper-Cramton Act), 
     to authorize a grant program to preserve resources in the 
     National Capital region, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 1526. A bill to establish and clarify that Congress does 
     not authorize persons convicted of dangerous crimes in 
     foreign courts to freely possess firearms in the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico:
       S. 1527. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to order the recall of meat and 
     poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 1528. A bill to establish a Foreign Intelligence and 
     Information Commission and for other purposes; to the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence .
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Byrd):
       S. 1529. A bill to prohibit the President, Vice President, 
     or any other executive branch official from knowingly and 
     willfully misleading the Congress of the United States for 
     purposes of gaining support for the use of force by the Armed 
     Forces of the United States; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Webb, and 
             Mr. Warner):
       S.J. Res. 19. A joint resolution granting the consent and 
     approval of Congress to amendments made by the State of 
     Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of 
     Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
     Regulation Compact; considered and passed.

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