[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27808]
[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. LEVIN:
       S. 2780. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     establish a small business intermediary lending pilot 
     program; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Burr, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 2781. A bill to change references in Federal law to 
     mental retardation to references to an intellectual 
     disability, and to change references to a mentally retarded 
     individual to references to an individual with an 
     intellectual disability; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Brown, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
             LeMieux, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2782. A bill to provide personal jurisdiction in causes 
     of action against contractors of the United States performing 
     contracts abroad with respect to members of the Armed Forces, 
     civilian employees of the United States, and United States 
     citizen employees of companies performing work for the United 
     States in connection with contractor activities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Lugar, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2783. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide incentives for used oil re-refining, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 2784. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 2785. A bill to provide grants to improve after-school 
     interdisciplinary education programs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2786. A bill to amend titles 18 and 28 of the United 
     States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of 
     debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by 
     imposing late fees on unpaid judgments owed to the United 
     States and to the victims of crime, to provide for offsets on 
     amounts collected by the Department of Justice for Federal 
     agencies, to increase the amount of special assessments 
     imposed upon convicted persons, to establish an Enhanced 
     Financial Recovery Fund to enhance, supplement, and improve 
     the debt collection activities of the Department of Justice, 
     to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant 
     United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are 
     afforded to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Bennett, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Enzi, 
             Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Burr, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Bond):
       S. 2787. A bill to repeal the authority of the Secretary of 
     the Treasury to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2788. A bill to amend the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to authorize 
     construction of an Aegis Ashore Test Facility at Pacific 
     Missile Range Facility, Hawaii; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Kaufman):
       S. 2789. A bill to establish a scholarship program to 
     encourage outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in 
     mission-critical fields to pursue a career in the Federal 
     Government; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Brown, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2790. A bill to allow Americans to receive paid sick 
     time so that they can address their own health needs, and the 
     health needs of their families, related to a contagious 
     illness; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.

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