[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 21602-21603]
[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. KERRY:
       S. 1669. A bill to provide all Medicare beneficiaries with 
     the right to guaranteed issue

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     of a Medicare supplemental policy; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
             Hatch, and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1670. A bill to reform and modernize the limitations on 
     exclusive rights relating to secondary transmissions of 
     certain signals; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1671. A bill to enhance the reporting requirements on 
     the status of the Arab League trade boycott of Israel and 
     other trade boycotts of Israel; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 1672. A bill to reauthorize the National Oilheat 
     Research Alliance Act of 2000; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1673. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to encourage charitable contributions of real property for 
     conservation purposes by Native Corporations; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Shelby, and 
             Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1674. A bill to provide for an exclusion under the 
     Supplemental Security Income program and the Medicaid program 
     for compensation provided to individuals who participate in 
     clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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