[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 24570-24571]
[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. LANDRIEU:
       S. 1773. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care 
     planning under the Medicare Program and to improve the care 
     furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by 
     establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program 
     and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom 
     management programs, provider education, and related 
     research; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WEBB (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Corker, 
             and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 1774. A bill for the relief of Hotaru Nakama Ferschke; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Nelson of 
             Nebraska, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Specter, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Bingaman, and 
             Mr. Dodd):
       S. 1775. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide that interest shall not accrue on Federal Direct 
     Loans for members of the Armed Forces on active duty 
     regardless of the date of disbursement; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 1776. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician 
     fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the 
     application of the sustainable growth rate formula, and for 
     other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       S. 1777. A bill to facilitate the remediation of abandoned 
     hardrock mines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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