[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20925-20927]
[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

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and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1586. A bill to require all public school employees and 
     those employed in connection with a public school to receive 
     FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 1587. A bill for the relief of Sainey H. Fatty; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1588. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide the same tax treatment for both commercial and 
     noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related 
     commodities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1589. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the incentives for the production of biodiesel; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1590. A bill to establish a clean energy technology 
     business competition grant program; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1591. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, to establish the Health Technology Program in the 
     United States Agency for International Development to 
     research and develop technologies to improve global health, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1592. A bill to establish a Federal Board of 
     Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and 
     stability of financial markets, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Martinez, and Mr. 
             Dodd):
       S. 1593. A bill to authorize the establishment of a Social 
     Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Fund to 
     reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased 
     economic opportunity in that region, to promote engagement on 
     the use of renewable fuel sources and on climate change in 
     the Americas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 1594. A bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum 
     procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1595. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     prohibit the distribution of any check or other negotiable 
     instrument as part of a solicitation by a creditor for an 
     extension of credit, to limit the liability of consumers in 
     conjunction with such solicitations, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1596. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1597. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     provide for the licensing by the Secretary of the Treasury of 
     Internet poker and other games that are predominantly of 
     skill, to provide for consumer protections on the Internet, 
     to enforce the tax code, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Specter, Mr. Whitehouse, and 
             Mr. Kaufman):
       S. 1598. A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act 
     of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. 
             Pryor):
       S. 1599. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     include in the Federal charter of the Reserve Officers 
     Association leadership positions newly added in its 
     constitution and bylaws; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Warner, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Begich, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 1600. A bill to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go 
     requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory 
     spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, 
     automatic sequestration; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       S. 1601. A bill to provide for the release of water from 
     the marketable yield pool of water stored in the Ruedi 
     Reservoir for the benefit of endangered fish habitat in the 
     Colorado River, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1602. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     ensure that excess oil and gas lease revenues are distributed 
     in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 1603. A bill to amend section 484B of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide for tuition reimbursement 
     and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an 
     institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 1604. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an income tax credit for eldercare expenses; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Kerry, 
             and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
       S. 1605. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reform the rules relating to fractional charitable 
     donations of tangible personal property; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Sessions):
       S. 1606. A bill to require foreign manufacturers of 
     products imported into the United States to establish 
     registered agents in the United States who are authorized to 
     accept service of process against such manufacturers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 1607. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for certain rights and benefits for persons who are 
     absent from positions of employment to receive medical 
     treatment for service-connected disabilities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Franken):
       S. 1608. A bill to prepare young people in disadvantaged 
     situations for a competitive future; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Murkowski, and Mr. Begich):
       S. 1609. A bill to authorize a single fisheries cooperative 
     for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher 
     processor subsector, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Vitter, Ms. Landrieu, 
             Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Martinez):
       S. 1610. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the shipping investment withdrawal rules in section 
     955 and to provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping 
     earnings in the United States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Dodd, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Snowe, and 
             Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 1611. A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for 
     public safety officers employed by States or their political 
     subdivisions; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1612. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve the operation of employee stock ownership plans, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 1613. A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit in a 
     responsible manner; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1614. A bill to provide grants to community colleges to 
     improve the accessibility of computer labs and to provide 
     information technology training for students and members of 
     the public seeking to improve their computer literacy and 
     information technology skills; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE:
       S. 1615. A bill to amend the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to stop the small 
     business credit crunch, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1616. A bill to authorize assistance to small- and 
     medium-sized businesses to promote exports to the People's 
     Republic of China, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Bayh, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1617. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a program for the award of grants to States to 
     establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized 
     manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean 
     energy technology, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1618. A bill to require the Commissioner of Social 
     Security to issue uniform standards

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     for the method of truncation of Social Security account 
     numbers in order to protect such numbers from being used in 
     the perpetration of fraud or identity theft and to provide 
     for a prohibition on the display to the general public on the 
     Internet of Social Security account numbers by State and 
     local governments, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1619. A bill to establish the Office of Sustainable 
     Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council 
     on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive 
     planning grant program, to establish a sustainability 
     challenge grant program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mr. Lugar):
       S. 1620. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives and fees for increasing motor 
     vehicle fuel economy, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1621. A bill to improve thermal energy efficiency and 
     use, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 1622. A bill to limit the applicability of a certain 
     judicial ruling to sources regulated under section 202 of the 
     Clean Air Act; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 1623. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
     from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of 
     existing leases who do not diligently develop the land 
     subject to the existing leases or relinquish the leases, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 1624. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code, to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to 
     restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing 
     economic distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled 
     family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors 
     whose financial problems were caused by serious medical 
     problems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1625. A bill to amend title II of the Public Health 
     Service Act to provide for an improved method to measure 
     poverty so as to enable a better assessment of the effects of 
     programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Social 
     Security Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR:
       S. 1626. A bill to require issuers of long term care 
     insurance to establish third party review processes for 
     disputed claims; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1627. A bill to improve choices for consumers for 
     vehicles and fuel, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mrs. Hagan):
       S. 1628. A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to increase the number of physicians who practice 
     in underserved rural communities; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BURRIS:
       S. 1629. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study of the archeological site 
     and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia town site in the 
     state of Illinois, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 1630. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act of improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare part 
     D and to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to improve prescription drug coverage 
     under private health insurance, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1631. A bill to reauthorize customs facilitation and 
     trade enforcement functions and programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1632. A bill to require full and complete public 
     disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of 
     Congress; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1633. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to 
     establish a program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic 
     Cooperation Business Travel Cards, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 1634. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to protect and improve the benefits provided to 
     dual eligible individuals under the Medicare and Medicaid 
     programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Udall of 
             New Mexico):
       S. 1635. A bill to establish an Indian Youth telemental 
     health demonstration project, to enhance the provision of 
     mental health care services to Indian youth, to encourage 
     Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and other mental health 
     care providers serving residents of Indian country to obtain 
     the services of predoctoral psychology and psychiatry 
     interns, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Kohl):
       S. 1636. A bill to develop a model disclosure form to 
     assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 1637. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Coburn, 
             Mr. DeMint, Mr. Ensign, and Mr. Thune):
       S. 1638. A bill to permit Amtrak passengers to safely 
     transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 1639. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 1640. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide coverage of intensive lifestyle treatment; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1641. A bill to modify and waive certain requirements 
     under title 23, United States Code, to assist States with a 
     high unemployment rate in carrying out Federal-aid highway 
     construction projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK:
       S. 1642. A bill to reduce the national debt and eliminate 
     the current slush fund at the Treasury Department by 
     directing that proceeds from the Troubled Asset Relief 
     Program go toward a reduction in the statutory debt limit; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 1643. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit for the conversion of heating using oil 
     fuel to using natural gas or biomass feedstocks, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1644. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require a 
     Public Health Advisory Committee on Trade to be included in 
     the trade advisory committee system, to require public health 
     organizations to be included on the Advisory Committee for 
     Trade Policy and Negotiations and other relevant sectoral or 
     functional advisory committees, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 1645. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     require the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the price 
     of all milk used for manufactured purposes, which shall be 
     classified as Class II milk, by using the national average 
     cost of production, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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