[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2041]
[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 Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 343. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for Medicare coverage services of qualified 
     respiratory therapists performed under the general 
     supervision of a physician; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 344. A bill to require hedge funds to register with the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brownback, 
             Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Kaufman):
       S. 345. A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest 
     Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2012, to rename 
     the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the 
     ``Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2009'', and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 346. A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th 
     article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to 
     life of each born and preborn human person; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 347. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to distinguish 
     between the severity of a qualifying loss of a dominant hand 
     and a qualifying loss of a non-dominant hand for purposes of 
     traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers' Group Life 
     Insurance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 348. A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal 
     service contributions and the universal service support 
     programs established pursuant to that section are not subject 
     to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, 
     commonly known as the Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 349. A bill to establish the Susquehanna Gateway 
     National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 350. An original bill to provide for a portion of the 
     economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, 
     unemployment, and health; from the Committee on Finance; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
       S. 351. A bill to require United States Government 
     representatives to present to the Government of Iraq a plan 
     to establish an oil trust; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
             Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 352. A bill to postpone the DTV transition date; 
     considered and passed.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Bond):
       S. 353. A bill to amend title IV of the Public Health 
     Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric 
     research consortia; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WEBB (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 354. A bill to provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of 
     parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be 
     paid leave, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 355. A bill to enhance the capacity of the United States 
     to undertake global development activities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 356. A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 
     1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to 
     prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from 
     engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or 
     real estate management activities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Begich, and Mr. 
             McCain):
       S.J. Res. 7. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to the 
     election of Senators; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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