[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20792]
[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. 1577. A bill to provide the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased 
     authority with respect to asthma programs, and to provide for 
     increased funding for such programs; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 1578. A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United 
     States Code, (commonly referred to as the Federal Torts Claim 
     Act) to extend medical malpractice coverage to free clinics 
     and the officers, governing board members, employees, and 
     contractors of free clinics in the same manner and extent as 
     certain Federal officers and employees; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Byrd):
       S. 1579. A bill to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 
     Burros Act to improve the management and long-term health of 
     wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Whitehouse)):
       S. 1580. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase 
     protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for 
     certain violators, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln):
       S. 1581. A bill to improve the amendments made by the No 
     Child Left Behind Act of 2001; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Vitter):
       S. 1582. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit against income tax to facilitate the 
     accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety 
     systems for commercial motor vehicles; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1583. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the new markets tax credit through 2014, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Burris, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1584. A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on 
     the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 1585. A bill to permit pass-through payment for 
     reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist 
     services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the 
     reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, 
     including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for 
     on-call and standby costs for such services; to the Committee 
     on Finance.

                          ____________________