[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 30750]
[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. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 2852. A bill to establish, within the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration, an integrated and 
     comprehensive ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric 
     research, prediction, and environmental information program 
     to support renewable energy; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Isakson, 
             Mr. Bayh, Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. LeMieux, 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Brownback, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Corker, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Hutchison, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
             Bennett, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Johanns, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             McCain, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 2853. A bill to establish a Bipartisan Task Force for 
     Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the long-term fiscal 
     stability and economic security of the Federal Government of 
     the United States, and to expand future prosperity growth for 
     all Americans; to the Committee on the Budget .
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2854. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and modify the credit for new qualified hybrid 
     motor vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2855. A bill to reallocate a portion of the Troubled 
     Asset Relief Program to increase lending to main street; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 2856. A bill to allow the United States-Canada 
     Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding to be considered 
     an international agreement for the purposes of section 
     304(e)(4) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
     Management Act; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 2857. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the qualifying advanced energy project credit; to 
     the Committee on Finance .
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mr. Casey):
       S. 2858. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish an Office of Mitochondrial Disease at the National 
     Institutes of Health, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Snowe, 
             Mr. Nelson of Florida, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 2859. A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation 
     Act of 2000, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 2860. A bill to protect students from inappropriate 
     seclusion and physical restraint, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 2861. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish 
     an Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small 
     Business, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 2862. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve 
     the Office of International Trade, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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