[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24950]
[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. FRANKEN:
       S. 1788. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue 
     an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries 
     to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other 
     health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling 
     and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kaufman, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Levin):
       S. 1789. A bill to restore fairness to Federal cocaine 
     sentencing; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Reid, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Tester, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Franken, Mr. Burris, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1790. A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act to revise and extend that Act, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 1791. A bill to establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs 
     Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within 
     the Department of Education to promote installation of fire 
     sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention 
     technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1792. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the requirements for windows, doors, and skylights 
     to be eligible for the credit for nonbusiness energy 
     property; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1793. An original bill to amend title XXVI of the Public 
     Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for 
     providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS; from the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; placed 
     on the calendar.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 1794. A bill to authorize and request the President to 
     award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun 
     of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean 
     War; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 1795. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     permit certain revenues of private providers of public 
     transportation by vanpool received from providing public 
     transportation to be used for the purpose of acquiring 
     rolling stock, and to permit certain expenditures of private 
     vanpool contractors to be credited toward the local matching 
     share of the costs of public transportation projects; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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