[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22955]
[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. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. McCain, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 1727. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
     judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United 
     States to 2 circuits, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1728. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the first-time homebuyer credit in the case of 
     members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
     purposes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1729. A bill to establish driver education curriculum 
     for teenage drivers and to provide grants to States and 
     tribal governments to carry out driver education training for 
     licensed teenage drivers; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1730. A bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for 
     health insurance coverage; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1731. A bill to require certain mortgagees to make loan 
     modifications, to establish a grant program for State and 
     local government mediation programs, to create databases on 
     foreclosures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 1732. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other 
     Pacific Islanders; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1733. A bill to create clean energy jobs, promote energy 
     independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition 
     to a clean energy economy; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1734. A bill to reduce the cost of health care and 
     ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive 
     malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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