[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 25755-25756]
[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. AKAKA:
       S. 1931. A bill to enhance the ability of Congress to 
     oversee matters pertaining to nuclear nonproliferation 
     identified in the findings and recommendations of the 
     December 2008 Report of the Commission on the Prevention of 
     Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1932. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces 
     who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, to 
     be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
       S. 1933. A bill to establish an integrated Federal program 
     that protects, restores, and conserves natural resources by 
     responding to the threats and effects of climate change, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Kerry, and Mrs. 
             Shaheen):
       S. 1934. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prevent the avoidance of tax on income from assets held 
     abroad, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1935. A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty 
     on certain boots constructed by hand of natural rubber; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 1936. A bill to extend the Federal recognition to the 
     Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK:
       S. 1937. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Thune, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 1938. A bill to establish a program to reduce injuries 
     and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1939. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain 
     veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of 
     Vietnam, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1940. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of 
     exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of 
     the United States and allied military operations in the 
     Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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